Secret World public beta weekend announced

Funcom has announced their first public beta weekend for their upcoming MMO The Secret World for May 11.

Along with this news the company revealed that one million gamers have registered for the beta which surpasses their previous MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventure’s numbers.Funcom senior vice president of sales and marketing Morten Larssen said, “Shattering our previous beta records gives us great hope for The Secret World’s launch and its future. Combining this positive number with the excellent feedback we have received from both beta testers and the press that have played the game, make us very optimistic for a successful launch of The Secret World.”

Funcom has released other bits of information such as the fact that almost two million unique visitors have visited the game’s official website. May 11 will be the start of the first, of many, open beta weekends for the highly anticipated MMO.

During the first beta weekend gamers will join the Templar secret society which is set in London. From there they will get to visit areas of Solomon Island in order to investigate the mysterious events happening there.

Those wishing to participate during the open beta will need to register for it at the official website and can also win one of 100,000 keys being given to players in the US, UK, and Australia courtesy of GameSpot (members only).